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1873 Fairmount, Indiana - 1966 Santa Fe, New Mexico. Known for: Mural painting, Indian subjects, illustrations.
Known as one of the early 20th-century American women to be fully dedicated as an art professional, Olive Rush said: "You must learn your own best way of living and creating. You are an individual in... Read full biography
Known as one of the early 20th-century American women to be fully dedicated as an art professional, Olive Rush said: "You must learn your own best way of living and creating. You are an individual in art as in life. Another way is not your way." (32). She has a number of credits to her professional... Read full biography
Known as one of the early 20th-century American women to be fully dedicated as an art professional, Olive Rush said: "You must learn your own best way of living and creating. You are an individual in art as in life. Another way is not your way." (32). She has a number of credits to her professional reputation. She has been described as was one of the most competent muralists of that era, and also had much distinction as an illustrator, including being singled out as a favorite student of... Read full biography
Known as one of the early 20th-century American women to be fully dedicated as an art professional, Olive Rush said: "You must learn your own best way of living and creating. You are an individual in art as in life. Another way is not your way." (32). She has a number of credits to her professional reputation. She has been described as was one of the most competent muralists of that era, and also had much distinction as an illustrator, including being singled out as a favorite student of illustrator and teacher, Howard Pyle. She established a reputation as an easel painter, especially for portraits and figures; and was an art educator in Indiana and later in New Mexico. There her lasting influence is the encouragement she gave native... Read full biography
Known as one of the early 20th-century American women to be fully dedicated as an art professional, Olive Rush said: "You must learn your own best way of living and creating. You are an individual in art as in life. Another way is not your way." (32). She has a number of credits to her professional reputation. She has been described as was one of the most competent muralists of that era, and also had much distinction as an illustrator, including being singled out as a favorite student of illustrator and teacher, Howard Pyle. She established a reputation as an easel painter, especially for portraits and figures; and was an art educator in Indiana and later in New Mexico. There her lasting influence is the encouragement she gave native people to take pride in their own traditions at a time when white culture was moving aggressively westward. She was desc... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Stained Glass Design, Restoration, Crafting
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstract Figurative, Human Figure
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Children, Child Figure, Genre, Portrait
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •Brandywine, Pennsylvania
- •Europe
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Rehoboth Beach Delaware
Art Association
- •Chicago Society of Artists
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art Teacher
- •Augustus Saint-Gaudens
- •Edmund Tarbell
- •Frank Vincent DuMond
- •Howard Pyle
- •Richard Emil Miller
- •William Paxton
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Brandywine School, Student
- •Corcoran School of Art and Design, Student
- •School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Louise and Alan Sellars Collection
Added Description
- •Commercial Art and Design
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
- •Newspaper Staff, Events, Artist, Cartoon, Illustration, Photography, Graphics
- •SATURDAY EVENING POST Illustrator and/or Photographer
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Artist Colony
- •Santa Fe Artist Colony
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Chicago Society of Artists-
- •Hoosier Art Salon-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors)
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts